Improvement in tobacco, hay, and cotton-presses



datati @states anni; cette.

Letters Patent No. 98,434, dated December 28, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOBACCO, HAY, AND COTTON-PRESSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesa.;

To lall whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALENTINE J. SHnYocK, of Folsomville, in the countyot" Warrick, and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Pressfor Pressing Tobacco in Hogsheads, andBaling Hay and Cotton; and do hereby declarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being hadto theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and generalarrangement of a press for pressing tobacco in hogsheads, and for balinghay and cotton.

In order to enable others'skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains, to make and usev the. same, I will now proceed to describeits construction and operation, referringr to the annexed drawings, inwhich-l Figure l is a side elevation, and,

Figure 2, a front view of the press, arranged for pressing tobacco.

Figure 3 is a vertical section of the box for baling hay or cotton.

A represents the bed of the machine, of any desired dimensions.

Neal' the rear end ofthe bed A, are standards B B, which are braced bybraces O G, ruiming, one from each side, at the upper end of eachstandard. to the front of the frame A. A

The standards B B are further braced by suitable inclined cross-beams I)I), and from the upper end of each standard, extends forward ahorizontal beam, E, supported by the brace F, from or on the brace C.

0n the bed A, between the standards B B and braces C C, are laid twobars, G G, which f orm atrack for the carriage H. This carriage iscomposed of two bars, placed parallel with each other, and connectedwith cross-bars of such length that the parallel bars will be on theoutside of the track G. Between the bars of the carriage, are placedrollers, which rest on the track G.

On the carriage H, or rather' on the rollers in the carriage H, isplaced a board, I, on which the hogsheads J J are secured.

Thel board I is, by means of ropes a a, connected with a windlass, K, sothat it can be moved to either side, and thus bring the hogsheads underthe press one after the other.

Across each hogshead J, isa bar, b, with slotted ends, and through theseslots is placed a rod, d, which is secured to the edge of the board I,and at its upper end, provided with a loop, through which a wedge, e, isinserted. The centre of the-bar b is slightly concave, as seen in fig.l, for a purpose that will' be hereinafter described.

On the front side of the standards B B, a suitable distance below thehorizontal bars E, are pivoted levers L L, which extend forward, and areeach, by cords ff, connected to a windlass, M.

Another cord or rope, h, runs from each of said levers upward, around apulley, t', in the front end of the horizontal bar E, and is alsoconnected with the windlass M. The ropes fand h are so arranged, that byturning the windlass in one direction, its lever will be lowered, and byturning it in the opposite direction, the lever will .be raised.

At a suitable point on each side of each lever L, are secured plates g,between which is pivotcd a camshaped bar, N, which, when the leverL islowered by the windlass M, as above described, will bear against the barb, on top of the hogshead, and press the t0- bacco in the same.

The windlass M may be provided with a ratchetwheel, k, and pawl o, toprevent it from turning in the wrong direction, and relieve the pressureon the tobacco before desired to do so.

The two levers L L may be so arranged, each with its windlass, as thatone of them will give more pressure than the other, thus bringing eachhogshead un der the light press first, and then under the other. Thismay be accomplished by placing. the inner pivoted ends of the levers L Lat different heights o'n the standards B B, or b y making the levers orthe camshaped bars N N, of different size.

The'above-described press may be used for baling hay and cotton, bysimply removing the hogshcads J J and substituting the box O, and byremoving the cam-shaped bar N and substituting the plunger P. The b ox Ois inclined at its upper end, toiit between the standard B and brace G,and is slotted on its rear side,v to allow the lever L to pass ,throughthe same.

When used for pressing or baling hay and cotton, my machine can readilybe mounted upon four wagonwheels and moved to any place where it is'desired to use the same.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The arrangement, upon the bed A, between the standards B B and bracesC C, of the track G, cal'-,

riage H, and board I, the latter connected, by the ropes a c, to thewindlass K, substantially as andv for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The arrangement or the rods d d, slotted bar b, and wedges e c, forthe purpose of holding the hogshead on the board I, when pressing thetobacco, substantially as herein set forth.

3. In combination with the devices herein described,

for moving and holding the hogsheads J J, the windlasses M M, ropes ffand h h, levers L L, and. camshap'ed bars N N, all substantially as andfor the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this 18th day of September, 1869.

I VALENTINE J. SHRYOGK. y. Witnesses:

TC. L. EVERT, JOHN STEPHENSON.

